We Think Life Stops Poem by RIC BASTASA

life stops
like the way we hold each other's
hands at dawn
and then we simply feel nothing

like the way i put my right leg on top of your
thighs and
you say nothing

life stops when we think there is nothing
significant about ourselves anymore

there is nothing
in your belly and there is nothing
in my veins

we think life stops
like the way we keep on going
because we cannot stop to keep on
moving

we think
life stopped

but actually life never stops
even when we think it stopped moving

even when we
actually stop loving